Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
It’s not unusual to see a race special from the 1960s use parts from a number of different marques, making it difficult to categorize with conventional street-going cars. Such is the case with this 1961 PBA-DKW Formula Junior for sale on Hemmings.com, though it appears that the car at least Read more
Compared to the Porsche restoration we saw in last week’s Four-Links, the repair/restoration of this 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline for sale on Hemmings.com should be a piece of cake, big ol’ dent in the hood and all. From the seller’s description: Kansas dry-climate, barn fresh car. Some surface rust. Body is Read more
If punk rock means deliberately upsetting the status quo, then perhaps William Bushnell Stout, inventor of a flying car and the Stout Scarabs, was the epitome of punk rock. Now, thanks to The Old Motor, we have proof, with Willy B. sporting an excellent mohawk while profiling at the wheel Read more
I’ve had this image floating around on my hard drive for so long, I’ve forgotten who sent it to me or why I’ve not run it until now. We know quite a bit about the image: Taken in 1904 in front of the Flatiron Building in Manhattan, it depicts a Read more
Here is a Ford you don't see every day. While snaking its way into Bennington last month, the Great Race made an overnight stop in Binghamton, New York, where many local car enthusiasts brought out their antique iron to be displayed in the downtown streets, near the race cars. One Read more
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Ran across this clip from Laurel and Hardy’s 1941 film “Great Guns” that features the duo reconnoitering in a war game in a “jeep.” The thing is, it doesn’t look much like any Jeep (or jeep) we’ve seen. Several comments on the vehicle claim it’s a Bantam jeep prototype, but Read more
How’s this for a tasty tidbit of history: Jeff Koch just pointed out that today’s the 75th anniversary of the wienermobile, the most famous of all productmobiles. Conceived by Carl G. Mayer, nephew to Oscar Mayer, the wienermobile was originally intended only as a means of transportation for company mascot Read more
Our friend Geoff Hacker, while deeply immersed in the world of forgotten fiberglass cars from the 1950s, also keeps an eye out for odd streamliners in his travels and recently found yet another one, though one without much solid history to go by. Geoff writes: I bought the car from Read more
What a cherry pickup, this 1966 Ford F100. Painted bumpers, six-cylinder engine, three-on-the-tree, dogdish hubcaps and blackwalls. Not a single fancy thing to it, and it deserves to remain that way, to show what a plain-jane pickup should look like. From the seller’s description: Actual mileage 75230. Well maintained with Read more